Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: The Crime of Gender 73

After going through another period of dark years, with Qin Shuangshuang’s encouragement, everyone finally decided to go to the border city. On the way there, the woman he loved was by his side, and even though he was still afraid of damaging Mrs. Bai’s reputation, Fang Zhongyi couldn’t help but secretly take care of her.

Who knew Mrs. Bai had such a perceptive heart, seeing all his kindness and returning it in kind!

On the road, Fang Zhongyi’s shoes wore out, so Mrs. Bai secretly made him a new pair. His clothes tore, and she quietly mended them for him.

Mrs. Bai’s response made Fang Zhongyi feel elated and he could no longer suppress his feelings. By the end of the journey, Fang Zhongyi had made up his mind that no matter how others viewed them, he would definitely be with Mrs. Bai and bring this good woman home to love.

Unexpectedly, the customs in the border city were very open, and women remarrying was not only common but received no strange looks. To make Fang Zhongyi even happier, the people of Qin Family Village were greatly influenced by the open-mindedness of the border city people in such a short time.

This made Fang Zhongyi extremely happy, feeling that he could finally embrace the beauty, he impulsively bought a large batch of jewelry for Mrs. Bai out of sheer joy.

What Fang Zhongyi didn’t expect was that a little apprentice he never considered an obstacle became the biggest stumbling block in his romantic journey. Fang Zhongyi’s head was in a jumble from the surprise!

His heartfelt confession truly moved Qin Shuangshuang. Since Fang Zhongyi genuinely liked her mother, and her mother also liked Fang Zhongyi, naturally, she prioritized her mother’s feelings. She didn’t mind Fang Zhongyi being her father, but anything involving her mother always made her feel uncomfortable.

Fang Zhongyi was completely oblivious to Qin Shuangshuang’s complex emotions, but he was now overjoyed because Qin Shuangshuang had said to him, ”If you ever treat her mother poorly, she’ll take her mother far away, and even abduct Fang Yaoyao along, leaving him alone!”

Fang Zhongyi automatically ignored Qin Shuangshuang’s threat. His mind was full of the joy that he could finally win over the beauty! In his happiness, Fang Zhongyi actually ran off to tell Mrs. Bai the good news.

Fang Zhongyi ran off, leaving Qin Shuangshuang standing there watching his joyfully departing figure, filled with such delight that even his silhouette radiated happiness. She couldn’t help but gnash her teeth in discomfort, seriously considering if it was still too late to smash the mandarin ducks and say she didn’t approve anymore!

Of course, what was said was like spilled water, and naturally, Qin Shuangshuang couldn’t take it back. In the days that followed, she could only watch Fang Zhongyi and Mrs. Bai subtly show affection, while she acted as a shining, shining sun determined to illuminate every inch of space her mother and her master occupied!

However, every time this happened, the two little traitors, Fang Yao and Qin Miao, would come up together and drag Qin Shuangshuang away, preventing her from being an eyesore as a third wheel.

Time flew by quickly amidst this chaotic yet boundless joy, and before long, more than a month had passed just like that.

Recently, a lot of vegetables had grown, and those with a short harvest cycle could be harvested in about a month. Qin Shuangshuang thought of dehydrating all the vegetables for long-term storage, and as for the sale of dried vegetables, Qin Shuangshuang had long had a plan.

However, trying to make dried vegetables alone was too much work, and the family she hired could barely find time to rest while taking care of the 230 acres of land, making it impossible to spare people to help her make dried vegetables. Qin Shuangshuang thought about hiring a few more long-term workers to help with the work.

Unexpectedly, while passing by her own field, she saw four or five men talking to their tenant farmer. When Qin Shuangshuang approached, the tenant farmer who had been speaking came up to her; it was the eldest son of the tenant family, called Da Niu.

Previously, when Qin Shuangshuang mentioned wanting to hire a few more long-term workers, the tenant family was fully aware. After confirming that Qin Shuangshuang wasn’t looking to replace the family, they kept an eye out for good long-term workers for her every time they went to the market.

Especially because the previous group of disaster victims had long since found work, with only a few lucky ones chosen to become tenant farmers. The rest, in order to eat, mostly went to do city-building work because it was government work, and quitting midway was punishable.

This forced the unemployed disaster victims to go build the city, so now that Qin Shuangshuang wanted workers, she couldn’t find any. Da Niu came up to tell Qin Shuangshuang that these men from outside were looking for work as long-term helpers.

It turned out these men had been chosen to do some short-term work with decent pay, but since short-term work didn’t last long, the men decided to look for work before considering going to build the city, as that work was too exhausting for anyone to willingly do.

Qin Shuangshuang, struggling to find people, called the men over to ask where they were from, and then discovered amazingly that these men were from Xiawa Village!

What kind of place is Xiawa Village? If Fang Family Village is just north of Qin Family Village, then Xiawa Village is directly to the south. The relationship between the two villages was quite good, often intermarrying. In fact, when people were coming to the border city, two families from Xiawa Village even came along having married off their daughters to Qin Family Village. Each family now owned dozens of acres of land and were doing quite well.

Although Qin Shuangshuang had no real attachment to Qin Family Village, the men didn’t know this, and eager to ingratiate themselves with their future employer, they started talking about matters related to Qin Family Village.

As they talked, one man suddenly mentioned something related to Qin Shuangshuang, recalling it only as he was speaking, and casually said it out loud.

”Speaking of which, three days after your Qin Family Village people left, a massacre happened in the village! It’s said it was a family exiled from the clan due to wrongdoing, and they were all slaughtered at home, their corpses butchered like pigs and cooked. The scene was simply like Purgatory on earth!”

The man made it clear he was referring to the Qin family’s incident. As soon as he spoke, the other men remembered and couldn’t help but all talk about it at once.

Actually, when Qin Shuangshuang left, she already knew the Qin Family would be in dire straits. However, Qin Shuangshuang only thought that with the Qin Family no longer under the village’s protection, they’d surely have their grain stolen, and without it, might die of starvation.

Who knew the situation would turn out more brutal than she imagined? After Qin Shuangshuang and the others left, Qin the Third’s family, who lived in the ruined temple outside the village, returned to Qin Family Village, only to be attacked at night by refugees!

These refugees were the same ones who, persuaded by Qin the Third, attacked Qin Family Village. During the initial attack, only most of the refugees went; the rest stayed behind with some women and children waiting for news.

However, instead of good news, they heard the shocking news that all were sent to the authorities. These refugees felt betrayed by Qin the Third!

When the village had lots of people, they dared not seek revenge, but when only the Qin family remained, they made their move after nightfall.

The man speaking clicked his tongue twice and declared, ”The scene back then, it was rumored to be so gruesome that just a glance would chill your soul!” He spoke as if he hadn’t merely heard about it, but witnessed the horror firsthand.

Another man beside him suddenly chimed in, ”I heard there was a survivor among them!”